A quick timeline:
Summer
>Hire Frank Vogel after Monty Williams said no and Ty Lue wanted a 5-year deal
>Trade for Anthony Davis
>"Lakers gave up too much hahahaha pick swaps hahahaha AD soft hahahaha they have nobody else on their roster hahahaha LeBron old"
>Kawhi picks Clippers, Lakers start free agency a week after everyone else
>"Lakers are done hahaha they have nobody hahaha"
>Re-sign McGee and Rondo: "McGee a clown hahahaha" "Rondo is garbage hahahaha"
>Pick up Bradley and Dwight from Memphis: "lmao how good can they be when even Memphis doesn't want them hahahaha"
>Re-sign KCP: "KCP assssssss hahahahaha"
>Lakers projected by mUh AnAlYtIcS to finish 4th in west at best
Regular season
>"Clippers beat them in the opener! Clippers gonna win the title hahahahaha"
>Lakers put together a W streak: "lol they haven't played anyone good wait until their schedule gets tough"
>Lakers keep winning: "okay but this won't last, LeBron will tire out and they still haven't beaten the Clippers"
>Lakers keep winning: "okay but even if they beat the Clippers, they can't stop the Bucks"
>Marcus Morris gets traded and Lakers get Markieff in buyout market: "hahaha Lakers got the worse Morris brother hahahaha"
Bubble
>"Lakers 3-5 in the Bubble hahaha they have no shooting they're gonna get bounced"
>"Portland is going to SMOKE them! Who's guarding CJ and Dame????"
>"Okay but Houston is a better shooting team, and the Lakers CANNOT GUARD HARDEN!!!"
>"Okay but Denver came back from 3-1 down TWICE and Jamal Murray has been TOO GOOD!"
>"Okay but if you look back at it, Lakers were favorites in all those series, they were EXPECTED TO WIN!"
>"Heat beat the Bucks and zoned out the Celtics, Lakers have NO SHOOTING to break the zone!"
>"Okay but the Heat lost Dragic and Adebayo for a couple of games, it's not fair!"
>"Okay this season doesn't count"